Improved hop-peess



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IMPROVED HOP-PRESS.

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TO ALL WI-IOM' ITMAY CONGERN:

Be Unknown that I, HENRY TAYLOR, of Middletown, in the county of Dane, and lState of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hop-Presses;` and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact/description thereof, which will enable others skilled in theart to make and use the'same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification.

The nature of my invention relates to improvements in hop-presses,`lwhereby it is designed to provide va cheaper and more simple press than any now in use. i

It consists of a stout frame, composed of two vertical posts and -two horizontal/beams, which compose the sides, top, and bottom walls of the saine, the posts'being jointed to the bcdplate or beam in a manner to allow them to be spread out-after the bale4 has been formed, to facilitate the removal of the same, and provided with removable side planks, a follower, and operatingscrews,as will be more fully described on reference to` the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure Irepresents a side view, with a part broken away, and

Figure'Z au end view, also with a part broken away. l

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A` represents the bed-plate, A the upper cross-beam, and B B the posts. The beamA is -rmly jointed to the Yparts by mortise and tenons. The lower plate A is provided with long tenons at one or both ends, which pass through the posts, and is keyed up tightly to them, as shown in fig. 1. The posts are provided with 'vertical side rails, suspended from them at suitable distances by bolts c', to provide a long slot or space to coune the ends of the side planking'D of the press in a manner to admitof their being taken out or pnt in as desired. The upper plate, A', is provided with one or more screwed holes for the screws F. G represents a follower. The lower cross-beam, A, is made wider than the posts, to provide a support for the side planking. I

l 'lo operate my improved press, a piece of canvas, a, is placed on the bed-plate, of the length of-the bale, and wide enough to cover hall` the spaccof the sides, and'be sewod to another corresponding piece, 7J.

The follower is then 1taken out of'the\press, {illed with hcps to the tops of theside plankin'g; the aforesaid piece of cloth, b, is then placed over the top of the hops and the -side planks, the follower put on under' the screws, and the latter screwed down suciently to press the hops together, and the side planks, `which arel lprovided with handles b for the purpose, taken" out. lhe keys I I are then knocked loose, to allow the posts to spring away from close contact with the ends of the ball. l

The pieces of canva'sarc nowlapped together, and sewed or otherwise fastened, when the screws are raised, and the bale rolled out, and pieces scwed on the ends, completing it. The screws may be used either cud up, and ouc or more maybe used, as found-best. p

' A press constructed after this planl is very cheaply made, and I have found them to give very satisfactory results in practice. l

I am aware .that the devices herein described, taken separately, are of themselves `not new, but

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi The press, consistinp,r of the posts B B', bed-plate A, upper cross-beam A', screws F, follower G, keys I, side rails C, and side planking b, all constructed and arranged to operate suhstantiallyas heroin, shown and l 'b d, for the ur ose s eeied. (esem e P p p HENRY TAYLOR.

Witnesses z.

Jenn Mclsrosu, W.l HENDERSON. 

